Facilitated communication (FC), a controversial, new technique which is profoundly altering the lives of people with autism and their families. Heralded by many as a breakthrough technique for communicating with nonverbal people with autism, it is being rejected by many scientists as simply not real.

1 videocassette (56 min.) : 1/2 in

General public

Produced jointly by KCTS Seattle, WNET New York, WPBT Miami, WTVS Detroit and WGBH Boston. Hosted by Judy Woodruff

Originally broadcast as an episode of Frontline

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